Sagging Attic Ceiling

Sometimes they come about when different materials are used between the frame and the joists.

Sagging attic ceiling.

As those springs stretch ceilings also settle. One solution is to ignore the sagging factor and install what known as an attic stair insulator. The job requires two people to lift the panels unless you use a lift. You either have to replace 1 2 in.

If it is sagging because it got wet it probably means that a water. When the roof truss pulls upward it may lift the ceiling. As a result you get lots of air leakage not to mention a noticeably uneven ceiling plane. Should the bottom cord of one or more trusses be sagging or damaged it may be reflected in a sagging ceiling or if the roof is over loaded to heavy then the downward pressure may cause the sagging.

The springs connect to power arms at the upper end of the stairs and keep the door closed and even with the ceiling. Once you ve installed primed and painted the new ceiling it should be maintenance free for many years. At the time of construction nails rather than screws regularly were used to attach wood lath to joists and the nails had slipped right out. It happens at multiple place in our living room vaulted ceiling and our kitchen has an attic.

Unsightly ceiling joist sags are a common occurrence in old ceilings. Pull down attic stairs have coil springs at each side of the unit. Sagging ceiling could be an indication of framing issues some of which could be related to the roof. One company think it s roof vent related and suggest us to change all the vents.

Roof trusses are designed to move slightly as their wood members expand and contract with attic temperature and moisture fluctuations. Sagging ceiling drywall always indicates a problem that needs correction and it adds a touch of shoddiness that no room needs. Our ceiling tapes are sagging which started two weeks ago. We called several roof companies and they give us different answers.

You can correct a sagging ceiling by overlaying a two piece strongback on the joists. They often occur because of warps from weather and temperature. No obvious leaking point was found. Undersized joists in the attic floor had bowed and then the keys in the plaster ceiling pulled away from the joists.

Installing drywall is another solid solution for an ugly ceiling. A general contractor sistered new joists to the existing ones. It s essentially an insulated cover that sits on top of the attic stair area. Or add furring strips and a second layer of 5 8 in.

By the diy experts of the family handyman magazine solutions for sagging drywall.